Does your life sciences business require an EASR Industrial Activity permit?
Your business may require an EASR Industrial Activity (IA) permit from SEPA. For example, you will need a permit if your business has a production capacity above a certain level or if you use certain hazardous substances.
If your business is an installation, you will need an EASR IA permit from SEPA.
An installation is a stationary technical unit, such as a self-contained building, permanent structure or fixed plant, used for activities listed in the regulations.
Life sciences industrial activities
These are industrial activities that have an impact on the environment and are listed in the EASR regulations.
These activities include:
- producing chemical fertilisers, and pesticides and biocides
- producing and formulating pharmaceutical products using a chemical or biological process
- operating a medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input of 1MW or more and less than 50MW
- combustion of fuels in installations with a total rated thermal input of 50MW or more
- disposal of non-hazardous waste more than 50 tonnes per day
- disposal or recovery of hazardous waste more than 10 tonnes per day
- disposal or recycling of animal carcasses or animal waste with a treatment capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day
- surface treatment of substances, objects or products using organic solvents
Note: Activities relating to the incineration of waste are considered a waste activity under EASR and may require an EASR waste activity permit. These activities include the:
- disposal or recovery of non-hazardous and hazardous waste in an incineration plant or co-incineration plant
What you must do
If your installation carries out listed activities, you will need a permit from SEPA and you will need to comply with the conditions of the permit.
Contact your environmental regulator
If you are unsure whether you are affected by EASR Industrial Activity permits, contact SEPA.